If successful, rsync should connect to the backup server, and transfer the files within the designated path. The process may take a while, if you're backing up a large number of files. Creating an ...

I've read that rsync can back up a number of files, say from 1 to 1 million, or also use wildcards to backup 'A' through 'D' and so on.

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

While in OS X people often copy individual files or small groups of files between locations using the Finder, there are times when you might copy hundreds if not thousands of files at a time ...

I believe OS X stopped using the data/resource fork model a while ago (and I believe that was the issue using a vanilla rsync to copy files to/from an HFS/HFS+/AFP filesystem).